4.04 "Crossroads" Transcript
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When a beautiful high priestess from the planet Chulak claims to have a plan that would seriously cripple the Goa'uld, everyone is understandably skeptical. SG-1 must join forces with the Tok'ra in order to put her plan into effect, but a deadly, hidden secret could jeopardize the entire operation!
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TEASER
FADE IN
INT—GATE ROOM
[The Gate activates. Guards surround it with their weapons drawn. The iris is closed.]
TECHNICIAN
(on intercom)
Offworld activation, repeat, we have an offworld activation.
INT—CONTROL ROOM
[Hammond and O'Neill enter the room.]
TECHNICIAN
We're receiving Bra'tac's IDC, sir.O'NEILL
Bra'tac?HAMMOND
Open the iris, have Teal'c come to the Gate room.INT—GATE ROOM
[O'Neill walks in. A lone cloaked figure exits the wormhole. The guards aim their weapons. The figure removes the cloak and reveals herself as a beautiful woman. She spreads her arms in a gesture of peace.]
SHAUN'AUC
I mean you no harm.[The Gate disengages.]
O'NEILL
Bra'tac…you've done something with your hair!HAMMOND
(in control room)
Identify yourself!
SHAUN'AUC
I am Shaun'auc of the Red Hills. Master Bra'tac opened the Chappa'ai but was unable to accompany me.O'NEILL
Why is that?SHAUN'AUC
There is much unrest on Chulak. He took great risk in sending me here.[Teal'c enters the Gate room.]
TEAL'C
(surprised)
Shaun'auc!
O'NEILL
(to Teal'c)
Friend of yours?
TEAL'C
Indeed.[O'Neill signals for the guards to lower their weapons. Shaun'auc walks down the ramp to Teal'c and they stand staring at each other, holding hands.]
SHAUN'AUC
Tal matte, Teal'c.TEAL'C
Kell matte![O'Neill clears his throat to gain Teal'c's attention.]
O'NEILL
Teal'c…how about a little introduction of some sort.SHAUN'AUC
There is no need.[She turns to face O'Neill.
SHAUN'AUC
Bra'tac has told me much of the Tau'ri. You are O'Neill…Teal'c's apprentice.O'NEILL
Yes…
(realizes what she said)
…apprentice?
[Teal'c smiles at O'Neill.]
SHAUN'AUC
Also a warrior of great skill and cunning.O'NEILL
Apprentice?[Hammond enters.]
SHAUN'AUC
Hammond of Texas, a great and strong leader among humans.HAMMOND
What can we do for you?SHAUN'AUC
You must take me to the Tok'ra immediately.[O'Neill raises his eyebrows in surprise.]
SHAUN'AUC
I have information that could destroy the Goa'uld.[They all stare at her.]
END OF TEASER
EXT—CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN—DAY
INT—BRIEFING ROOM
[SG-1, Hammond, Fraiser and Shaun'auc are sitting around the table.]
SHAUN'AUC
I have found a way to communicate with my symbiote.O'NEILL
(to Teal'c)
Is that possible?
TEAL'C
It is not.SHAUN'AUC
That is what we were trained to believe, Teal'c. The Goa'uld have no wish for the Jaffa to influence their young.DANIEL
That makes sense.TEAL'C
How then was this communion achieved?SHAUN'AUC
With in a deep state of Kel-no-reem.CARTER
Well, we know that the symbiote is completely isolated from the Jaffa who carries it. How can there be communication?FRAISER
Medically speaking the symbiote acts almost like an internal organ. There's an exchange of hormones and electrical impulses, but it's on a completely unconscious level.HAMMOND
It's a function of their immune system.[O'Neill looks at Hammond, surprised at his knowledge.]
SHAUN'AUC
It has taken many years, but I have raised that primal communication to the conscious level.DANIEL
Oh, ok, assuming that you…err…what do you talk about?SHAUN'AUC
I have convinced it that the Goa'uld are evil. That its own desires for power and domination are wrong. It is willing to join the Tok'ra and reveal all Goa'uld secrets to them.[She looks at Hammond]
O'NEILL
I know I'm just the apprentice at this table, but…TEAL'C
Why then not instruct this symbiote to deliver these secrets directly?O'NEILL
Exactly.SHAUN'AUC
We do not communicate in words. It is more feelings, images, memories. It will only be fully capable of communicating the knowledge it was born with once it takes a host.CARTER
And since you convinced it that the Goa'uld are evil it will only take a willing host?SHAUN'AUC
(in pain)
It is most urgent!
TEAL'C
Your symbiote is ready to take a host even now!SHAUN'AUC
It has already passed its time. You have my word that it will harm no one. I have convinced it to wait![O'Neill raises his eyebrows in disbelief.]
FRAISER
Once a Goa'uld larva leaves the body the Jaffa's immune system stops functioning. You're putting yourself at great risk.SHAUN'AUC
I believe that risk is worth taking. If you would take me to the Tok'ra immediately?HAMMOND
We can't do that. I'm sorry.[She looks around at everybody]
SHAUN'AUC
You do not believe I speak the truth.DANIEL
No, it's not that we don't believe you…TEAL'C
(interrupting)
We do not. What you say cannot be proven.
O'NEILL
I think what Teal'c's trying to say is that…TEAL'C
I have said precisely what I intended, O'Neill![They stare at each other.]
O'NEILL
Ok, then I guess what I'm trying to say is that we'd like to believe you, we really would…SHAUN'AUC
You have my word…
(looks around)
…but that is not enough!
(She stands to leave)
Then the secrets of the Goa'uld will die with me!
HAMMOND
Shaun'auc, please understand?[The symbiote stirs in her pouch.]
SHAUN'AUC
(in pain)
I do understand, General Hammond, Bra'tac was wrong about the wisdom of the Tau'ri!
[She collapses to the floor in agony. Everyone stands, alarmed.]
TEAL'C
Shaun'auc! Shaun'auc![The symbiote suddenly half emerges from her pouch. Everyone is shocked. O'Neill looks disgusted at the symbiote.]
HAMMOND
(to guard)
Airman!
[The guard aims his gun at the symbiote.]
TEAL'C
Do not!SHAUN'AUC
(To her symbiote)
Taluk, mak kal'ma. Shal tai…shal tai…shal tai.
{The symbiote recedes into her pouch. Shaun'auc passes out.]
TEAL'C
Dr Fraiser, you may now approach.[Fraiser runs over to help Shaun'auc.]
FRAISER
We need to get her to the infirmary.INT—SGC INFIRMARY
[Fraiser is monitoring Shaun'auc who is asleep in an infirmary bed. Teal'c is sitting on the bed watching her. O'Neill and Hammond are also present. Fraiser walks over to Hammond and O'Neill.]
FRAISER
She wasn't exaggerating. The symbiote is fully adult.O'NEILL
Yeah, saw that!HAMMOND
So her immune system is breaking down?FRAISER
Yes, I'm not sure how long the symbiote will remain before it has no choice but to seek out a new host. That is its primal instinctual behavior. I may have to recommend quarantine, sir.HAMMOND
(to O'Neill)
Well, if you think so?
[O'Neill looks shocked to have been asked.]
O'NEILL
Absolutely…sir!SHAUN'AUC
No.[Fraiser walks over to the bed.]
FRAISER
I gave you a sedative. You should be asleep.SHAUN'AUC
Kal'ma has neutralized the sedative.FRAISER
Kal'ma?TEAL'C
(angrily)
It means child.
(To Shaun'auc)
The demon you carry within you is no child!
SHAUN'AUC
Do I not carry it in me as I would my own? Have I not taught it right from wrong as any mother would? You have closed your mind, Teal'c. I expected more![Hammond and O'Neill exchange glances at this outburst.]
TEAL'C
May we speak privately?SHAUN'AUC
My symbiote has assured me that this will not happen again.O'NEILL
(sarcastically)
Oh well, if the snake says so then who are we!
[Fraiser, Hammond and O'Neill exit. Shaun'auc grimaces in pain.]
SHAUN'AUC
The others I can understand, but you have known me since before I went to the temple! How can you doubt me? This is my life's work!TEAL'C
A life lived in worship of the Goa'uld!SHAUN'AUC
No, I believe now as you do that they are false gods.TEAL'C
Words from one who became a priestess in the temple.SHAUN'AUC
(emotionally)
One day as I meditated in the temple with the others I heard the thoughts of my symbiote! Dreams that were not my own! I reached out to them with my mind and I heard it answer. Not in words but in grotesque images and pain. I realized then that the being that I carried was no god! A powerful mind yes, but not that of a god. I dedicated my life that day to showing it the way of peace. It understands now that the Goa'uld are an abomination. Can you not see what it is that I offer?
TEAL'C
Bra'tac is wise, but I do not know why he would have sent you here like this!SHAUN'AUC
He believes, Teal'c. How can I make you believe too?TEAL'C
There is a way.INT—DANIEL'S OFFICE
[Daniel and Carter are reviewing information on the Goa'uld as O'Neill knocks and walks in.]
CARTER
How is she?O'NEILL
Err…Fraiser says she has maybe a couple of days tops. Find anything?DANIEL
No, but Teal'c knows more on the subject than I ever will.CARTER
He sure doesn't believe her.O'NEILL
(leaning down on the desk)
Well, there may be a little more than meets the eye here. I'm thinkin' they got history!
CARTER
History?O'NEILL
Oh yeah!DANIEL
She's a temple priestess.O'NEILL
So?DANIEL
So they don't do a lot of dating.O'NEILL
Maybe not, but there was some serious sparkage when she arrived!CARTER
Ok, the question is, what if she's telling the truth?O'NEILL
So what, she can't tell the Tok'ra any more than they already know can she?CARTER
Actually, sir, she can, the Tok'ra…O'NEILL
(interrupting)
…Consider themselves different than the Goa'uld, I know. But let's call a snake a snake, shall we?
CARTER
Physiologically they're both parasitical and pass on their knowledge through genetic memory, yes, but the majority of the Tok'ra left the Goa'uld gene pool over two thousand years ago.DANIEL
Yeah, they probably learnt a thing or two in that time.CARTER
Which makes Shaun'auc's symbiote very valuable, sir. To us and the Tok'ra.O'NEILL
If Teal'c doesn't buy it then I don't buy it and there's no way of proving it, so what are you going to do?[Teal'c enters the room.]
TEAL'C
O'Neill?[O'Neill turns round and sees him.]
O'NEILL
Master Teal'c.TEAL'C
I am in need of your assistance.O'NEILL
I'm here to serve!TEAL'C
Daniel Jackson, Major Carter I am in need of your assistance also.[They look puzzled and follow him from the office.]
EXT— CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN—EVENING
INT—TEAL'C'S QUARTERS IN THE SGC
[The room is full of lit candles. Teal'c is sitting ready to meditate and the rest of SG-1 watch over him.]
TEAL'C
In the deepest levels of Kel-no-reem the heart beats in extremely long intervals. It is even possible to meditate so deeply that one may stop the heart altogether. The practice is forbidden.CARTER
Wouldn't your symbiote try to start it up again?TEAL'C
That is correct. According to Shaun'auc it is only at this time that a communion between Jaffa and symbiote is possible.CARTER
Like a near death experience?TEAL'C
That is correct.O'NEILL
Is it dangerous?DANIEL
Jack, he's stopping his heart.[O'Neill looks annoyed at Daniel.]
O'NEILL
I mean for us![Daniel looks embarrassed.]
TEAL'C
I am unsure of what will occur if and when communion with my symbiote is achieved. It may be necessary to restrain me.O'NEILL
Well…knock yourself out![Teal'c meditates as SG-1 watch anxiously.]
[He sees a vision of a Jaffa being dragged by other Jaffa, and a woman.]
TEAL'C
(opening his eyes)
I believe I saw a vision of my father!
DANIEL
It's working?TEAL'C
I will begin again.[He meditates and sees his father and the woman. Cronus appears and Teal'c's father is brought before him. He crushes Teal'c's father's symbiote by thrusting his hands into his pouch, and kills his father. As his father dies in the vision, Teal'c collapses in his quarters. Carter rushes to the phone in the room as Daniel and O'Neill move to help him.]
CARTER